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• Chair, we typically select the budget prepared by the legislature.
• Chair, the division has allocated 4% and 1.5% for the tribes.
• Velazquez, the Director of State Parks Division, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources.
• My name is Toby Velazquez, and I'm the Director of the New Mexico State Parks Division.
• We have our own law enforcement division and our own water and wastewater division.

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• This will be a division Division vote.
• requesting a division. requesting a division.
• Speaker, and I request a division<04:53:40.480> vote. division vote. division vote.
• A division has been requested. This will be a division vote.
• division vote.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The projects that have been selected in the amendment are known projects that have, in many cases—or
• In total, there's $28.8 million under the division that's happening in this bill.
• You've selected organizations that you want to give additional funding to.
• People apply, this group gets together and selects these projects, but you have unilaterally decided
• <00:43:10.359> for members 124 proposals were selected for members 124 proposals were selected

Keywords: 1183, house

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• quality division get notified of those? quality division get notified of those?
• air resources division at DEES. air resources division at DEES.
• . division. division.
• Um, but for the air resources division.
• And I'm relative to what they selected.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• A heartfelt thank you to the DFL Division, to our division co-chairs Amanda Hemmings, Yeager, and Bjorn
• Thus, the amendment allows the active-duty legislator to select another member and trust them with their
• His life and service is why I need to point out a divisive narrative that has been circulating from the
• When I came into this body, I was the Vice Chair of the Preventing Homelessness division.
• The reason those counties were selected is that I went to a bipartisan housing conference with Senate

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• tournament most valuable player after an extraordinary performance, supported by all tournament team selections
• performance supported by all tournament performance supported by all tournament team<00:03:39.680> selection
• <00:03:40.560> selections<00:03:41.440> Jarice<00:03:41.920> Smith, team selection
• selections Jarice Smith, team selection selections Jarice Smith, Santz<00:03:43.120> Pendleton,
• <01:35:24.639> at Enforcement Agency CJIS Division at Enforcement Agency CJIS Division at

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The meeting included a Senate recognition ceremony honoring the Winona High School boys basketball team for winning the 2026 Alabama High School Athletic Association 5A state championship. A resolution was read commending the team for its 101-40 victory over Silicag, noting the team’s record-setting performance, Brendan Davis’s MVP honor, the contributions of other players, and Coach Cedric Lane’s leadership. Senators and the lieutenant governor praised the players’ sportsmanship, the school community, and the team’s historic season, and copies of the resolution were presented to the team, coaches, and administrators. Several guests and school representatives also spoke briefly, including the coach and principal, who thanked the Senate and noted the team’s success and the principal’s retirement after 35 years. After the recognition, the Senate returned to session and adopted the Committee on Rules report setting the special order calendar. The calendar included Senate Bill 99 on the Ten Commandments, Senate Bill 298 on Class 3 municipalities, House Bill 381 on camp safety, Senate Bill 370 on tax increment districts, Senate Bill 363 on the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, House Bill 466 on firefighters, House Bill 95 on elections, House Bill 259 on stablecoin, and Senate Bill 342 on education. The chamber then took up SB 99, sponsored by Senators Kelly and Sessions. Senator Kelly described the bill as requiring local school boards to display the Ten Commandments, together with founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Alabama Constitution preamble, in certain history classrooms and common areas for grades five through 12, using donated displays and funds when available. He said the bill was intended as a historical and educational measure, not religious instruction, and emphasized the inclusion of a disclaimer stating Alabama is not establishing a religion. After extended debate and a petition to close debate from the Rules Committee, the Senate voted on the bill by long roll and passed SB 99, with the recorded vote announced as 30 yeas and 4 nays.

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• The language is that contracts shall be developed in consultation with the Division of Emergency Management
• Family members may file a petition with the Division of Administrative Hearings to resolve any alleged
• Additionally, it clarifies the Administrative Law Judge of the Division of Administrative Hearings has
• extend their current construction and workforce development program focusing on identifying and selecting
• providing the authority to prepay for multiyear software licenses and maintains the status quo for Division

Bills: S0598, S0934, S1260, S1300, S1452, S1510, S1566, S1580, S1668, S7034

Keywords: funeral homes, cemetery law, cremation, embalmer, funeral director, preneed contract, preneed funeral, human remains, unclaimed cremated remains, disposition of remains, hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care, direct disposal, mortuary science, funeral service arts, licensure by endorsement, cemetery license, contiguous acres, consumer services

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• 2,010, and they really are New Mexico's educational institution that's recognized on WalletHub, selected
• identification before voting, providing for free identification cards to be issued by the Motor Vehicle Division
• identification before voting, providing for free identification cards to be issued by the Motor Vehicle Division
• memorial requesting the Regulation and Licensing Department, in collaboration with the Motor Vehicle Division
• introduced by Representatives Gonzales and Serrato, a memorial requesting the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Division

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• This division will destabilize the district by forcing residents to engage with multiple congressional
• Christians, not as politicians, and we do what's in the... ...best interest of all Texans, not just a select
• This is not fair representation; this is deliberate division.
• two, and the city has a school district, the first of which has all the schools affected by this division
• Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Office of the Attorney General.

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• Morning, David Sakota with Division of Aquatic Resources.
• good question morning David sakota here good question morning David sakota with<00:26:54.039> division
• of aquatic resources um so with division of aquatic resources um so in<00:26:57.080> our<00:26
• Megan Stats, the administrator for the division, responded that it has been that way in the past.
• of voting um great question the division of voting um great question it<00:41:48.920> has<00:

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 13, 2025, and first announced that SB 1456 would be deferred to the end of the agenda and ultimately worked on later, with the chair indicating the bill would be deferred and revisited in a future measure. The committee then heard SB 841 on marine life conservation districts. DLNR supported the bill, saying it would fund carrying capacity studies to inform rules and policies. Testimony noted a pilot study already underway at the Puka Marine Life Conservation District and another nearing completion at the old Kona Airport MLCD. Members discussed costs, with DLNR estimating about $300,000 per year for one user-experience study, potentially more for ecological analysis, and also discussed possible funding from the Mālama Kai special fund. DLNR said it had no objection to consulting current operators and other users, and explained the program would be a new, ongoing adaptive-management tool. The committee next heard SB 411 on capital improvement projects at small boat harbors. DLNR supported the intent, saying the bill would help expedite use of special funds for CIP work, while the Department of Budget and Finance opposed it, arguing the draft could conflict with constitutional limits on appropriations. Public testimony from an industry representative supported the bill and urged more collaboration with commercial operators, while committee discussion focused on whether DLNR could already use special funds for repairs, how much engineering and bidding work is required before projects go out to bid, and whether the current process creates bottlenecks when bids exceed initial estimates. DLNR said it can do some repairs and maintenance within existing authority and funding ceilings, but that the bill as drafted could be too broad. The committee also heard SB 5 on historic preservation, where DLNR supported the measure and NAOP Hawaii opposed it, saying the bill’s broader definition could expand the scope beyond the stated goal of narrowing reviews and reducing backlog. The committee then took up SB 1462 on the state historic preservation income tax credit. The Department of Taxation said the revenue estimate assumes the cap would be reached each year the credit is available, and DLNR supported the bill. SHPD said the prior credit had sunset, outreach had previously been done in targeted communities such as Chinatown, and owners of eligible historic properties are notified during review. Finally, the committee heard SB 268 on island burial councils. DLNR supported the bill, and OHA strongly supported it, saying the councils have struggled with quorum and expertise and that the measure would restore the original intent of having lineal descendants and cultural practitioners as decision makers, while still allowing landowners and developers to testify and participate. OHA also said it would help provide technical support and urged continued involvement from SHPD and the Attorney General’s office.

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• <00:19:26.320> for I'm the director of the division for I'm the director of the division for
• for the Division of Economic Stability.
• I'm the director for the division Heert.
• Um, the Division of Economic Stability.
• So, they're and selectivity.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• These broader issues implicated here can be difficult; they can be divisive, but I'm glad we can agree
• Funding coming into that fund and the division of those supplies and leaky pipes, vendors will come to
• Office division of the unit of a governmental entity is established for the purpose of...
• Workforce Commission where there's a Civil Rights Division to look at it.
• Maintaining order becomes a blanket excuse for intolerance. or is invoked selectively, we are falling

Bills: SJR12, SCR39, SB7, SB8, SB27, SB29, SB125, SB241, SB371, SB396, SB406, SB464, SB568, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB660, SB689, SB693, SB707, SB731, SB732, SB763, SB779, SB836, SB854, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB879, SB906, SB920, SB921, SB922, SB942, SB965, SB985, SB996, SB1029, SB1035, SB1036, SB1059, SB1084, SB1098, SB1101, SB1185, SB1188, SB1321, SB1332, SB1366, SB1388, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1494, SB1536, SB1563, SB1596, SB1610, SB1619, SB1737, SB1738, SB1741, SB1816, SB1822, SB1841, SB1939, SB2155, SB2188, SB2230, SJR36, SJR12, SJR81, SJR50, SCR22, SCR12, SCR39, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB241, SB304, SB1023, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB406, SB985, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB1120, SB541, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB125, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB507, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB310, SB311, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB1029, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB827, SB1585, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719, SB1386, SB287, SB2143, SB1245, SB261, SB1247, SB1948, SB2406, SB2407, SB1882, SB1197, SB1814, SB618, SB38, SB393, SB2065, SB1371, SB1394, SB1365, SB2243, SB2226, SB2039, SB1919, SB1895, SB1598, SB1493, SB1810, SB1791, SB1706, SB1644, SB1238, SB783, SB458, SB22, SB651, SB897, SB7, SB125, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB763, SB836, SB878, SB906, SB920, SB942, SB985, SB1084, SB1366, SB1388, SB1563, SB1737, SB1738, SB1816, SB1939, SB406, SB689, SR327, SR346, SR351, SR352

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

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• Division 1. Division 1, 0. Division 2, 19.
• Division 1: 0. Division 2: 20. Thank you. ...will rise. Division 1: 0. Division 2: 20.
• Division one: zero. Division two: forty-five. Division one: zero. Division two: twenty-five.
• Division 1: zero. Division 2: 21.
• First division: zero. Second division: Zero. Second division.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House began with routine business, including the Pledge of Allegiance and adoption of three congratulatory resolutions honoring Eagle Scouts Charles Goodman, Jack Goodwin, and Liam LaCrooy. Members also adopted a House-Senate concurrence on House 4359, a Milford alcohol-license bill, after amending it to repeal Chapter 289 of the Acts of 2022 and set an effective date. The chamber then passed Senate 2596, establishing maintenance of private roads in Gloucester, and engrossed House 4887. The House also observed moments of silence for former Lynn City Councilor Richard Rick Ford, Louise M. Pedroso, and Mildred “Millie” Cox, and welcomed several guests, including students, civic visitors, and British Minister of State Stephen Doughty. The bulk of the session focused on budget amendments related to housing and emergency assistance. Amendment 1579, which would have tightened HomeBASE eligibility by requiring citizenship-status inquiries, was debated at length and defeated 26-130. Amendment 1582, which would have barred Housing and Livable Communities from conditioning grants on MBTA Communities Act compliance, was also rejected 27-126. Amendment 1583, which would have limited right-to-shelter eligibility to U.S. citizens with six months’ Massachusetts residency, was defeated 26-122. Supporters argued these changes would reduce costs and prioritize taxpayers; opponents said they would exclude lawful residents and undermine existing housing and shelter reforms. The House then adopted Consolidated Amendment F, covering energy, environmental affairs, and housing, by a vote of 154-0. Speakers highlighted major funding for rental vouchers, emergency shelter, HomeBASE, public housing, clean water, climate and agricultural programs, and food assistance. The chamber also considered and defeated Amendment 1218 on creating a data center commission, Amendment 1234 on eliminating certain energy surcharges, and several education-related amendments from Ms. Sullivan-Almeida: changes to special education reimbursement thresholds and rates, and a proposal to make regional school transportation funding mandatory rather than subject to appropriation. Those education amendments were all rejected after roll-call votes. Amendment 1580 on ending vocational school lottery admissions was withdrawn by its sponsor before a vote. The transcript ends as debate continues on Amendment 1308, which would increase a budget line item, but no final action on that amendment is shown.

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• United States selects its own judges. United States selects its own judges.
• <02:27:31.760> of already small role in the selection of already small role in the selection
• <02:29:32.960> their given them authority to select their given them authority to select their
• over 700,000 DC residents to select over 700,000 DC residents to select their<02:31:20.080> local
• It's a power grab to let Donald Trump self-select judges.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• IF YOU SELECT TO WAIVE YOUR SPEAKING TIME THIS WILL BE IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING RECORDS.
• THIS EXEMPTION PERTAINS TO RECORDS FROM THE DIVISION OF COMMERCE AND IS FOR THOSE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITES

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Just for—we don't select the charter schools.
• interest in have pre we don't select so interest in have pre we don't select so if<00:26:38.919> they
• <00:27:04.440> is forward when you make selections is forward when you make selections is
• "He selected five years—any positions that were vacant for five years or more.
• “Security of all campuses or select campuses.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• The other question was that we heard that there was some sharing of resources within the division and
• That's an issue with trying to look at DCYF as a standalone division, but it's also an issue for making
• <00:07:37.440> um bill to make DCYF a separate division um bill to make DCYF a separate division
• , but it's also an issue for division, but it's also an issue for making<00:08:31.360> sure<00
• So, I have never had a problem getting information from the division.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first opened with brief remarks about a member’s recovery and then heard House Bill 518, which would require the commissioner of Health and Human Services to provide a detailed annual report of all costs related to DCYF. The sponsor, Representative Erica Layon, said the bill was intended to improve transparency, clarify how much time and money are spent on DCYF work versus other departmental work, and help future discussions about staffing, resources, and whether DCYF should remain within DHHS or become a separate department. She said the department could likely produce the report without additional cost, though she was open to adjusting the reporting date and possibly adding more detail about federal mandates. Former Representative Betty Gay and several members supported the bill as a way to better document costs and procedures, while DCYF Director Marie Nunan said the department was not taking a position on the bill, already has many policies and operating procedures, and believed it could comply without a fiscal note. Members raised questions about whether the reporting requirement duplicated existing oversight, whether it should apply to other agencies, and whether the report should include federal funding mandates. Some suggested that a broader review or subcommittee on DCYF might be more useful than a single reporting bill. In executive session, the committee voted 15-1 to retain HB 518, so it will not go on the calendar. Members said they wanted more time to discuss the bill, watch the budget process, and consider whether the reporting requirement could be implemented informally or through a broader oversight effort. The committee then moved on to House Bill 775, which was introduced by Representative Jodi Nelson as a measure to support supervised visitation centers. Dr. Scott Hampton testified in favor, describing the loss of visitation centers since 2019, the role of supervised visitation in protecting children and vulnerable parents in domestic violence cases, and the potential benefits for child safety, crime prevention, and family preservation.

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• Uh, Steve Applebee, Auburn, New Hampshire, Department of Education Division Director.
• Um thank Education Division Director.
• And I just think that this is creating selective enforcement.
• this is creating selective enforcement. this is creating selective enforcement.
• <03:14:49.439> that our community and um the division that our community and um the division

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It combined the District Court, the probate court, and the Family Division into one unit.
• I'm the head of the Division of Legal Counsel. Good morning, Mr. Chair, members of the committee.
• My division has seven units and bureaus.
• uh our my division might overlap with<00:34:13.480> your<00:34:13.800> committee<00:34
• <01:17:36.679> I protection and an antitrust Division I protection and an antitrust Division

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Abby oversees our reentry and programmatic areas, including the classification division.
• Evelyn Bush is from the prison division of the National Institute of Corrections.
• That's all controlled by the classification division.
• Classification division, once again, a centralized decision-making authority.
• Thank you. classification division, once again, a centralized decision-making authority.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration met on January 12 to continue its review of DOC classification practices, with Senator Brownsberger and Representative Hunt co-chairing. After brief discussion of the prior hearing, members said there would likely be another opportunity for additional testimony, including possible video testimony from people inside facilities. The main presentation for the day was DOC’s classification system and a UMass Chan study of whether the system predicts institutional misconduct and whether overrides affect its accuracy or create racial/ethnic bias. DOC officials described the objective point-based classification system, its history, and the role of discretionary and non-discretionary overrides. They said the system is designed to balance public safety and reintegration, with initial classification emphasizing offense history and reclassification emphasizing institutional adjustment. DOC reported that, in the current population, about 16% are classified to maximum security, 74% to medium, and 10% to lower security. They also reviewed the non-discretionary restrictions that keep people out of minimum or medium security, and said discretionary overrides are used less often than the National Institute of Corrections’ suggested ceiling and are reviewed within six months. UMass Chan researchers said their analysis used historical DOC data from 2019 to 2022, focused mainly on about 7,600 male reclassification cases, and found that the scored custody level accurately predicted institutional misconduct. They said the tool performed well on standard statistical measures, but predictive accuracy declined after overrides were applied, with overlap appearing between minimum and medium groups. In a supplementary analysis, they said the loss of accuracy was driven primarily by non-discretionary restrictions rather than discretionary overrides. They also said the study did not find evidence of racial or ethnic bias in the tool itself, and that DOC’s current system is comparatively more lenient than many other states. Members and guests raised concerns about overclassification to medium security, the low share of people in minimum, the role of civil commitment restrictions, and whether the data captured historical bias or individual cases where overrides felt subjective. DOC and UMass Chan responded that the study was group-based, not case-specific, and that minimum-security rates are hard to compare across states because Massachusetts’ prison and county systems differ structurally. The commission did not take a vote or formal action, but asked members to send follow-up data questions by the end of the week for referral to DOC and the researchers.